Chapter 10:  The Welcoming Ceremony (Part 4)

Episode 220

(Digging One's Own Grave)

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"I want to take a warm bath now. Can you prepare it for me?"

"Of course, My Lady. I am your personal maid, after all."

"Ah. Yes. However, I don't think you will be the only one now."

"Huh?"

"You see, His Highness has already prepared two other personal maids for me."

I mumbled in hesitant ways while averting my gaze from Anne's.

"Huh? You have to decline!"

Anne screamed in a desperate face.

Ah… This is it… Be desperate…

"Sob* Anne… Are you behaving as you did in the Loire to me? Please don't do that. Sob* Because here no one is there for you but me. Sob* And I am the Crown Princess here, Anne. Sob* If someone sees you behaving this way with me, they will… Sob* No! I can't even think about it!"